Contract Type: Temporary until 1st July 2026

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: NJC Grade H3 SCP 36-40 £47,181 - £51,356 per annum

Closing Date: 11th September 2025 at 23:59

This post is open to employees currently On Notice/At Risk and Internal.  Please note applications from employees currently On Notice/At Risk will be given priority. On Notice/At Risk employees should complete the application form as normal, upon submission you must email the Recruitment Team – recruitment@blackpool.gov.uk to ensure that your application form is marked as priority.

At the front door of Children’s Service’s we are seeking a Senior social worker within one of our Assessment and Support Teams, to cover maternity leave for approximately 8 months. 

Assessment and Support Team 2 is a well-established team, and you will work alongside the Team Manager and another experienced Senior Social Worker. 

The expectations are: 

1.     You are an experienced H2 social worker,  who has the ability to support the most complex families, such as public law.
2.     You have the ability to present complex information to legal gateway meeting, and when necessary support others to do so. 
3.     You have the ability to provide direction to less experienced social workers, including a daily drop in clinic, reflective conversations, and on some occasions may be asked to chair strategy meeting. 
4.    You have the ability to use the current data such as reports manager to support the team with compliance. 
5.    You will be expected to undertake practice observations with ASYE’s and complete any appropriate reports following these. 
6.    You will be expected to be proactive in seeking out new areas of research in order to ensure that children and families receive the right service.   
7.    You will be expected to take part in auditing any areas of focus, such as re-referrals and share any learning within the team or wider across the service. 

Interviews will take place on the 23rd September 2025.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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